Jaffrey House

Item Information

Title:
Jaffrey House
Description:
A view of the front façade of the three-story Georgian-style Jaffrey House on Daniel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The entry porch is crowned by a sunburst pediment. Three dormers project from the hip roof. George Jaffrey, a New Hampshire Supreme Court justice, built the house on Daniel Street in 1730. The Museum of Fine Arts purchased the house in 1919 and removed two interiors and a cupboard. The house was destroyed in 1920.
Photographer:
Nutting, Wallace
Date:
1909–1919
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC039: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s
Subjects:
pediments
houses
sunbursts
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
exterior views
telephone poles
dwellings
Daniel Street (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Architectural photography
Jaffrey, George, 1682-1749
Places:
New Hampshire > Rockingham (county) > Portsmouth
Jaffrey House (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Extent:
1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/195426
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Identifier:
195426
Call #:
PC039.USNH.02.001